Wine Quiz 21

All Prosecco for sale in the European Union must come from a relatively small area in the Veneto, or the neigbouring Friuli Venezia Giulia region.

Retsina is flavoured with pine resin, usually added during fermentation, and harking back to an ancient method of sealing wine jars with the resin.

Usually referred to as the ‘legs’ these are simply droplets formed by the evaporation of alcohol, and are not directly to do with quality or viscosity of the liquid.

Great Southern is a cool wine growing region in Western Australia.

Standing for ‘Volatile Acidity’ in small doses VA can add a pleasant ‘lift’ to the fruity aromas of a wine, but too much can give vinegary aromas.

Also known as Bastardo, particularly in Portugal.

This refers to cutting some of the bunches of grapes off of a vine mid-growing season, to thin out and improve the quality of remaining bunches.

Correctly spelled ‘Sekt’ with a K, much is made by the Charmat method, like Prosecco, but there’s a growing interest in traditional method Sekt.

Not to be confused with Ribera del Duero, Treixadura is one of the main grapes of Ribeiro in Galicia.

Canada has the reliable freezing conditions to make it the world’s largest producer, while rival Germany has inconsistent ice wine vintages.

Appassimento, where harvested grapes are dried before fermentation in order to raisin them, is essential for DOCG Amarone.

These are three of the most famous tonneliers, or barrel-making companies in France.

Puisseguin-St-Emilion is a satelitte of the much more famous St Emilion in Bordeaux and makes wines from the same varities.

A few of these are fairly new regions, so a pretty tough questions.

Riverina in a large area in New South Wales, Australia, accounting for 15% of the entire Australian wine grape production.

Viña Tondonia producers legendary, very long-lived Rioja wines.

Ravenswood is based in Sonoma, the others are all in the Napa Valley.

Spanning hundreds of kilometres, Bordeaux in the west is close to the Atlantic coast, Chablis is part of Burgundy in Eastern France.

These gadgets aerate the wine, claiming that it instantly gives the same effect as long decanting or even cellar ageing. Trial results are usually very mixed and inconclusive.

Clos des 60 Ouvrées is a vineyard in Volnay owned by La Pousse d’Or.